Evaporating apparatus.



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Specification o Letters Patent.

Patented liter. 5.. tttld,

implication lled May 4, 191?. Serial No. 166,450.

To olii '1o/wm 'it may concern;

"ijle .itlroen'n that "l, (lumens :it Iliinois, n eitizeu or ilic United States of ilimerien, residing rit lier; tui in the county oi Los itngeles :uid Stute of Culi-forniti? here invented ce tuin new und useful improvenieuts in Evn'porniinff Apparatosj ot which the following n specilicotion.

This invention relates to :ippiiro'tus for dezlcoholizing, toiuleusing, evuporziting; or dis illing liquids that tonni during ebullition, oud 'the oieet to provide un e'mpo rating apparu s urreuged to reduce tonnig in@r of the liquid while wider-going ebullition7 und thus 'prevent the liquid from pas. ingout of the apparatus.

t further object to provide menus 4between the outlet et the upper chamber sind the condenser for st mining; out the excess i'uoi'sture, this uppiu'ntus rouisting of :i plurality oit' air-chambers having interposed 'hereiietu'eeii suitulfilel bombers tilted with u, irorous. porous or gruuuiar material to sep the excess vapors, in order that the irri. iru'iisture may not lio drown through by eopilizuu* attraction but will have to pass 'through the sir-chambers zitter cnierginff 'troni onesection or' the filtering materia heifore it enters another.

in. 'the :iccompnnyiizg druwings:

Figure l is :L vertical section through the :ugiparntus Fig. 2 ig e horizontal section on the line 2-2 oi Fig'. l; and i Fig. Il is o modified forni olf the retardiug' or filtering portion of the sipparutui.

The evopointing apparatus consists of a jeeketed container [L the lower portion of: which is provided with un inlet i :uid un out liet 2, whereby the beer or other liquidliuuler going treatment Vto be deulfioholized, oon.- densed, evaporated or distilled is rrr ii'ed und discharged therefrom. lininediuteiy :there the inlet 'l is ni'i'iuiggefl truusrereely oit the Container, a, di: phragm l5. This diziphraigljin compris z :i ring to which 'fas- 'tiied :i coarse woven nuiteriel 4i. This ring' is preferably supported ou elips :wronged on the v:ill portion ot the container. BOW- rods G :ire inserted between the ring' :ind the woven material to keep 5eme under tension, the lutter preferably assuming :in upwardly couver position.

Arron 'ed in the 'upper port of the non 'teiner u, spider T.' This spider is prefer ehly eircutir in generoi irntline ond pro;

vided with n plurality oi radial spokes S, to whieh :ire Soeur-ed Sheets of porous muterinl 9.' This materiel is adapted to hoog verticnlly, und placed nt such u height that the lower edges thermiiif may or `muy not touch the diaphragm lll, :is may he found best., depending on the liquid Lobe treated. This web is supported by :i suitable support er 'zing-ed centrally of the roof of the contetiiier1 ond conneeted thereto by chains or other suitable means li. Leading; from the upper portion oi? the rontniner is a Worm or coil 1:73, 'the outer end 13 oit which oon.- nected to .fr vacuum producing device 530, having interposed therebetween i condenser Q1, This eoil preferotiiy consists of a, cholo hel' extending upwardly nt e siight ongle, nud provided :it the, outer end thereof with a` porliet or :rip chamber 14 projecting Ver ticnlly und connecting' to :i similar chamber 15,-wliich is inclined upwardly end adopted to extend boel; over the Tnet-named chamber und connect with :i similar oir-chnniber 1G, which projects vert" fully therefrom, und connects "with :i third chamber i7, which also entends upwardly :it o slie'ht ineiiue, the lasti mentioned chamber Ybeing connected to the outlet pipe i3.

ills noted, these slightly inclined chambers are provided with n fibrous, porous or grain-- ular material lf), which Washes rater from the alcohol. The pockets or air chambers 11i and 't6 serve to Separate the stroining material, in order that the moistrc may not be drawn through by capillary uttrnetioufbut iviil have to poes through the airchambers after emerging from one section el the Filtering mattei-inl betere entering :inother, thus causing the entrainer-l 'vapors to drop to the bottoni oi the inclined pipes and thence to the distillhg yvessel lowing the filtering nuiteriul always free.

ln Fig. 3, I have shown n modified form, wherein the pockets lei und 16 are provided with outlet pipes 17 und 1 8, which leed dli'eetly to the lower portion of' the container, .there/o5I eliminating the necessity of the entrziined Water passing through different pockets ol'- the fibrous `materiel by gravitation to the container.

It will thus lo geen inzit I have, provided a simple ond etlieient device tor deeleoholiz in@7 coruleusingj, emporutieg or distilling liquids, und hive produced in apparatus whieh ery eectirely imshes the entrained 'witter from the eleohoi, Ilifter they have left the container by 1rgrv'rvity.

Leterme thevaporiziug tahlr, the alcohol passing to the condenser and the Water returning; to

) claim: l l. Au evaporatmg apparatus comprising a tank, .and an. out-let connecterL to the upper part tluueoi5 comprising a plurality or ur elmed chambers having interposed therebetween vertically arranged air ehambers,.

V with a fibrous, porous, or granu bers having interposed therebetween airohambers, said chambers beimf provided liu' material vvhie s adapted to wash the 'entraiued Waoro. the alcohol as the latter is drawn up through the chambers.

3. .Lf-iu evaporatiug apparatus comprising an evaporating vessel adapted to contain a liquid to be evaporated, a diaphragm arranged transversely of the container ap-` proximately centrally thereof, au outlet p comprising an inclined chamber havipggat the outer end thereof an airehrhber'taid a similar inclined chamber leadingtherefrom at a slight incline to another air-chamber, whereby the Water is washed from the aloohol the alcohol passing out in a comparatively dry state, and the water returning to the container by gravity.

lo testimony whereof l aiiix my sionature.

CHARLES R. HARRIS. 

